Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:38AM DESA invites you to complete the following survey by United Nations Foundation on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), developed in consultation with DESA: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLPFstakeholders.
HLPF Friday, March 31, 2017 at 6:08AM A new 2017 HLPF blog entry by Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, has been posted at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/blog2017/week5
2030 Agenda, ECOSOC, HLPF Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 5:25PM We have received the following from DESA:
DSD is now inviting proposals for side events to be organized during the 2017 HLPF by Member States, UN system and MGoS. For further details please see the HLPF website at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf.
Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals is 10 May 2017.
2030 Agenda, HLPF Monday, March 27, 2017 at 7:00AM An informal meeting for Member States has been held to exchange views on aligning the work of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and other bodies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It was chaired by the co-facilitators for the process, Martin Garcia Moritan, Permanent Representative of Argentina, and Gillian Bird, Permanent Representative of Australia…
2030 Agenda Friday, March 24, 2017 at 8:04AM H E Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) gave a briefing for UN Member States and other stakeholders on the preparations for ECOSOC meetings and segments from April to July 2017. He will make an announcement soon on the nomination of two co-facilitators to lead informal consultations on a draft text for the Joint Ministerial Declaration of the 2017 sessions of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and ECOSOC High-level Segment…
Friday, March 24, 2017 at 2:15AM We have received the following from DESA:
We are pleased to inform you that the application guidelines for side events organized during the second annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs, to be held from 15-16 May 2017 at the UN HQ in New York, are now available here. Kindly note that the deadline for submission is 10 April 2017.
For more information on the STI Forum, including the draft programme, please see: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum2017#forum
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 8:29PM DSD is happy to announce that a webinar will be held to inform and brief MGoS colleagues about the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) and Science, Technology, & Innovation (STI) Forum. The main presenter is Ms. Elenita (Neth) Daño from the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group, http://www.etcgroup.org). This briefing will be strictly online and we welcome all interested colleagues to join.
We simply ask that all interested colleagues please register here…
Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 5:17AM We have received the following from DESA:
The DESA Division for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the launch the of the 2030 Agenda Voluntary National Reviews online platform. The platform provides ease of access to reports, documentation, web cast sessions, statements and presentations from countries taking part in the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)…
2030 Agenda, HLPF Friday, March 17, 2017 at 8:53AM We have received the following from DESA:
The Bureau of the Economic and Social Council will hold a briefing on the programme of work of the Council for the period April to July 2017 today, Friday, at 3 p.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. Colleagues with valid UN grounds passes are invited to attend…
ECOSOC Monday, March 13, 2017 at 3:38PM On Friday 10 March the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) agreed by consensus a draft resolution on the “Work of the UN Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. In so doing the UNSC recommends that the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopts the resolution and that the UN General Assembly do likewise…